Biography

Allan Jeffs was born in Santiago, Chile in 1973 and has been a resident in Ecuador since 1975. He has participated in more than 30 art and design shows in the United States, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Spain, Costa Rica, China and Cuba.

Since 1995 Allan has been working on visual arts, installation views, animation and design proposals.

He currently develops Art + Science + Technology with Biotechnological investigators. He is Coordinator of ARTEA (Residencies for Artists in Antarctica), which develops proposals for Bio Art and investigation on the Antarctic Continent.

He has completed three expeditions to Antarctica and is currently planning other research trips. He has represented the Ecuadorian Antarctic Institute in aspects of Art-Science residency projects at international meetings such as the RAPAL (Latin American Meeting of Administrators for National Antarctic Programs) and several museums in Argentina and Chile.

1997: “Art Invasions of Everyday Spaces 8/4 (Eight rooms)”, French Alliance of Guayaquil, INNFA, National Institute for Children and Families, for the benefit of children with the AIDS, Guayaquil, Ecuador